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Gulf of California

Repeat – Residency

10th sighting in Gulf of California
Fluke of Repeat
Repeat Confirmed in the catalog @131
Jan 31 – Feb 28, 2024 · Gulf of California

February in familiar waters

Another month drifting through my favorite gulf, surfacing whenever it feels right.

128 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
91
Dives
Sightings
8
Days between first and last sighting
28

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Jan 31, 20241,157 m24.1°C127 m
Jan 31, 202462 m24.0°C43 m
Feb 12, 202480 m23.0°C32 m
Feb 16, 202421 m22.7°C19 m
Feb 26, 202441 m23.1°C35 m
Feb 28, 202422 m23.0°C19 m
Feb 28, 20241,022 m23.1°C128 m
Feb 28, 202421 m23.0°C17 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Jan 31, 2024 — seafloor 1,157 m (measured), deepest dive 127 m (modelled)Jan 31Jan 31, 2024 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 43 m (modelled)Jan 31Feb 12, 2024 — seafloor 80 m (measured), deepest dive 32 m (modelled)Feb 12Feb 16, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 16Feb 26, 2024 — seafloor 41 m (measured), deepest dive 35 m (modelled)Feb 26Feb 28, 2024 — seafloor 22 m (measured), deepest dive 19 m (modelled)Feb 28Feb 28, 2024 — seafloor 1,022 m (measured), deepest dive 128 m (modelled)Feb 28Feb 28, 2024 — seafloor 21 m (measured), deepest dive 17 m (modelled)Feb 28

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

128 m
Deepest dive
5:29
Longest dive
91
Dives
19 m
Avg dive depth
8
Sightings
28
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
075150128 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (1,022 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Feb 28, 2024

measured
Seafloor depth
1,022 m
Sea-surface temperature
23.1°C
Distance from shore
5.0 km

Across the residency · 8 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
21 m – 1,157 m
Sea-surface temperature
22.7°C – 24.1°C
Distance from shore
2.0 km – 9.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 8 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

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